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Meanings of mercurial in inglês

Liable to sudden unpredictable change.

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Terrestrial planet.

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Examples for "erratic"
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But opponents blame the government's erratic energy policies for the energy gap.
The Guardian
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However, erratic compliance with the prescription may also add to this finding.
Pubmed
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Taylor has offered repeated apologies for his erratic behaviour in recent years.
Reuters
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Although your magic is erratic, you possess a great deal of it.
The Water Witch
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The lift in my building was erratic at the best of times.
The World According to Bob
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However, history has told us form can be fickle in Twenty20 cricket.
News.com.au
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And it neatly encapsulates the fickle, nay treacherous, course of political fashion.
The Irish Times
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That being said, energy markets are fickle beasts and are sometimes unpredictable.
The Guardian
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Of course inches mean a lot in the fickle game of golf.
The Irish Times
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But Egyptians have proven themselves fickle in their support for public figures.
The Guardian
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Under the cloudy sky the waters had the steel-gray luster of quicksilver.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
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Water clings to the side of a vessel; again, quicksilver does not.
Man or Matter / Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nat...
3
Why, the quicksilver gets into your blood; I think that's the way.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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One might have said that we were in a bath of quicksilver.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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The production, stylish in late 1950s mode, again showed its quicksilver merits.
The Guardian

Metallic element.

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Usage of mercurial in inglês
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This, for supporters of the mercurial young Spaniard, is good to hear.
The Guardian
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Here, though, the mercurial Australian proved way too good for Claude Davis.
The Irish Times
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The champagne was bubbling trickily in the veins of the mercurial statesmen.
Cabbages and Kings
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However, I am intrigued by the mercurial and somewhat enigmatic Ryan Fredericks.
The Guardian
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She is warm beyond measure, mercurial, and deeply connected to the Earth.
Feminist dot com
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But Kennedy thought he had an understanding with the mercurial Soviet premier.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
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A raincoat is a practical wardrobe essential for our mercurial Irish climes.
The Irish Times
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He never recovered his dignity in Beckley Court: he was fatally mercurial.
Evan Harrington — Volume 5
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The water looked mercurial, and seemed to be full of thrashing fish.
Imajica: Complete Edition
10
Krennic had ever been a man too mercurial for a leadership position.
From a Certain Point of View
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Reddin sat brooding until Hazel, recovering first in her mercurial way, said:
Gone to Earth
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But the airman does not take a mercurial barometer up with him.
The Mastery of the Air
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Mr. Garland was on tip-toes watching the game again with mercurial ardour.
Mr. Justice Raffles
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Then he discovered the depths to which a mercurial nature could descend.
The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Ha...
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Still the physician would prefer, doubtless, to use the specially prepared mercurial.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
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Describes her alter ego Gery Scott as a bold, foulmouthed, mercurial diva.
The new yorker
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